1-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot, 3 Men Wounded At Brooklyn Park Cookout A 1-year-old boy, who was sitting in his stroller, was fatally shot, while three men were left wounded after a shooting at a Brooklyn park cookout this weekend. The incident took place on Sunday around 11:35 p.m. at the Raymond Bush playground on Madison … Read more
New York City Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths For First Time Since Pandemic Hit
On Sunday, New York City reported zero new coronavirus deaths for the first time since early March, marking a milestone that comes as cases surge in other parts of the country!
The data from the New York City health department that was released Sunday recorded no COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday — the first time since March 13 that no deaths of the virus were reported in the Big Apple — which was once considered to be the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
According to city data yesterday afternoon, New York City has reported a total of 215,924 cases and 18,670 confirmed deaths. The city’s hit its peak of confirmed daily deaths from the virus on April 7, with 597 deaths.
While things seem to getting a little better in New York, states like Florida and Atlanta are seeing a quick rise in cases. The Florida Department of Health has reported at least 15,299 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number of new cases in a single day by any state since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom announced that she wanted to renter stage 1 following a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Washington’s NFL Team Officially Drops the Redskins Name & Logo — New Name To Be Revealed Later
This Monday, the Washington Redskins announced that they will change their team name and logo after about 87 years of using it. This comes in the wake of corporate and public pressure to scrub the moniker over racial connotations.
“On July 3rd, we announced the commencement of a thorough review of the team’s name. That review has begun in earnest. As part of this process, we want to keep our sponsors, fans, and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward. Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review.
“Dan Snyder and Coach Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.” A new name for the team is expected to be revealed later this Monday.
As we previously reported, Washington is just one it many organizations/ composites and brands to make a big change to their name or logo following recent discussions of racism, police brutality, and racial inequality – which was sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The lawyer representing Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts claims he may have been secretly recorded visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s home. RELATED STORIES: Jeffrey Epstein Companion Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges According to the Daily Mail, it was revealed by Roberts’ lawyer David Boies that Prince Andrew was secretly recorded visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s home. The videotapes … Read more
Atlanta NAACP Calls For Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms To Resign After Death Of 8-Year-Old Girl Atlanta NAACP vice president and attorney Gerald Griggs has called for Democratic Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to resign after the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner. The death of Turner followed the police killing of Rayshard Brooks, which spawned protesting and … Read more
Florida Sets Single-Day Record With Over 15K New Coronavirus Cases As of Sunday, Florida has set a new single-day record with 15,299 new coronavirus cases; beating the previous record at 11,571 cases, reported in New York on April 14. The state’s total is now 269,811. Florida Department of Health officials stated that the state’s positivity … Read more
Five Guys Employees Fired, Suspended After Refusing Service To Alabama Police Officers Five Guys employees have been fired or suspended after refusing service to a group of Alabama police officers. The incident occurred at a restaurant in Daphne earlier this week, and was confirmed in a Facebook post by the company. Officers visiting the location … Read more
ESPN Reportedly Suspends Adrian Wojnarowski For Emailing ‘F**k You’ To Missouri Senator Josh Hawley ESPN has reportedly suspended NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski one day after he sent a profane email to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, telling him “f–k you.” The email was sent out after Hawley blasted the league for “kowtowing to Beijing and refusing to support … Read more
Police In St. Petersburg, Florida Will No Longer Respond To ‘Non-Violent’ 911 Calls On Thursday, police in St. Petersburg, Florida announced that starting on October 1 they will no longer respond to “non-violent,” social service 911 calls. Instead, the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) will send a social worker, or akin, via their newly created … Read more
Donald Trump Says It ‘Shouldn’t Be Hard’ For Kanye West To Steal Votes From ‘Corrupt’ Joe Biden President Donald Trump is once again showing his support for Kanye West, who has recently placed his bid to become president. Responding to a user on Twitter, Trump made it clear that it “shouldn’t be hard” for Kanye to … Read more
Valentina Sampaio Makes History as Sports Illustrated’s First Transgender Model!
Valentina Sampaio is making history! the 23-year-old supermodel has become Sports Illustrated’s first transgender model to appear in the iconic special edition magazine!
Earlier this Friday, Sampaio confirmed she was named a 2020 Rookie for the publication’s upcoming swimsuit issue, which will be out July 21. She shared an emotional post on Instagram that read: “I am excited and honored to be part of the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.” RELATED: Rihanna Makes History By Wearing A Durag On British Vogue Magazine Cover
The Brazilian native also said, “The team at SI has created yet another groundbreaking issue by bringing together a diverse set of multitalented, beautiful women in a creative and dignified way. I was born trans in a remote, humble fishing village in northern Brazil. Brazil is a beautiful country, but it also hosts the highest number of violent crimes and murders against the trans community in the world — three times that of the U.S.,” she continued.
Sampaio concluded: “Being trans usually means facing closed doors to peoples’ hearts and minds. We face snickers, insults, fearful reactions and physical violations just for existing. Our options for growing up in a loving and accepting family, having a fruitful experience at school or finding dignified work are unimaginably limited and challenging.”
In a penned essay on SI Swimsuit’s website, she also thanked the magazine “for seeing and respecting me as I truly am,” and “for understanding that more than anything, I am human.”
In the 56 years since its inception, the special edition has featured stars including Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, and Ashley Graham, and each year it ushers in a new set of rookies from around the globe.
The actress finally sat herself down at her Red Table, shockingly with husband Will Smith, to set the record straight following Alsina’s first interview which sparked major controversy. As we previously reported, the 28-year-old spoke with “The Breakfast Club’s” Angela Yee and said Will gave him his “blessing” to have a relationship with Jada. Reps for both actors later denied Alsina’s claims, causing confusion.
However, in Friday’s episode of “Red Table Talk,” Jada explained that she and Will “were going through a very difficult time” and had broken up when she started a romantic relationship with Alsina. At the time, Jada thought their breakup was so bad that they “never ever thought that we would make it back.”
(Photo Credit: Jada Pinkett-Smith during Red Table Talk)
“Four and a half years ago… I started a friendship with August and we actually became really, really good friends,” she explained. “And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health, his mental state. The outpouring for him from our family was initially about his health,” she said. “We found all those different resources to help pull him through and from there you and I were going through a very difficult time.”
(Photo Credit: Jada Pinkett-Smith with her former boyfriend, August Alsina via Instagram)
She went on to say,
“From there as time went on I got into a different kind of entanglement with August. One thing I want to clean up… about you giving ‘permission’ which is… the only person that can give permission in that circumstance is myself,” she said. She continued, “But what August was probably trying to communicate because I could see how he could see it as permission because we were separated amicably, and I think he wanted to make it clear he’s not a homewrecker because he’s not.”
Will, who was slightly taken back by her “entanglement” comment, asked her to clarify to which she said, “Yes, it was a relationship absolutely.”
Before concluding she explained,
“Through that particular journey, I learned so much about myself and was able to really confront a lot of emotional immaturity, emotional insecurity and I was really able to do some really deep healing,” Pinkett Smith said. “And as I came through and started to realize certain things about you and I, he decided to break all communication with me which was totally understandable. And I let that be and hadn’t talked to him since so it is a little weird that all this stuff is coming out now since this was several [years ago].”
Ford Employees Beg Company To Stop Making Police Cars, CEO Pushes Back After numerous black and white Ford employees begged the automaker to stop manufacturing and selling police cars, the company’s CEO has pushed back against their requests. Responding to the internal outcry, the top executive at Ford Motor Company, Jim Hackett, sent a more … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom To Release 8,000 Prisoners Over COVID-19 Outbreaks California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced his plans to release 8,000 prisoners at San Quentin State Prison and other prison facilities by August, due to the rapid-growing COVID-19 outbreaks. His announcement arrives coupled with that of the state setting a new record high for coronavirus … Read more
LAPD Release Names, Charges & Bail Amounts In Pop Smoke Murder Yesterday we reported that five people were arrested in connection to the murder of Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke. The LAPD have since released the names, charges and bail amounts for said suspects. Taking to its official Twitter account, the department updates, “The three adult … Read more
UPDATE: Goya Foods CEO Speaks Out After Backlash For Praising Trump: “I’m Not Apologizing”
Goya CEO Robert Unanue faced a big wave of criticism after he praised Donald Trump on Thursday at a Rose Garden event where he announced a “Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.” Unanue told the crowd, “We all truly blessed, at the same time, to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder.”
Many were upset by his support, with a number of social media users pointing out Trump’s history of offensive comments and harsh policies toward Hispanics. Despite calls to #BoycottGoyaFoods, Unanue is not backing down on how he feels about the President.
He admitted Friday that he is facing backlash after praising President Donald Trump at the White House event – but said: ‘I’m not apologizing,” Unanue told “Fox & Friends.”
Unanue called the pushback against him visiting the White House “suppression of speech.”
“So, you’re allowed to talk good or to praise one president, but you’re not allowed to aid in economic and educational prosperity? And you make a positive comment and all of a sudden, it is not acceptable,” Unanue said.
Unanue made it clear that he is not apologizing for his remarks supporting Trump’s economic policy and would not turn down other future invitations.
“I didn’t say that to the Obamas and I didn’t say that to President Trump.”
Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Launching Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund Beyoncé’s philanthropic foundation BeyGOOD is partnering with the NAACP to launch their Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund. The purpose is to provide a number of $10,000 grants to black-owned businesses that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and any damages during protesting. In particular, the grants … Read more
People Are Trying To #BoycottGoya Foods After CEO Praises Trump
On Thursday, Goya CEO Robert Unanue, a grandson of the founders, spoke at a Rose Garden event announcing a “Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.” While speaking, Unanue, praised US President, Donald Trump.
He said, “We all truly blessed, at the same time, to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder,” Unanue said standing at a podium beside Trump.
Those who caught wind of the news were immediately outraged. Many were angered by the support, citing Trump’s history of offensive comments and harsh policies toward Hispanics, with many social media users pointing out the administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Some people were so furious that they called on others to #BoycottGoya along with #GoyaFoods. Celebrities like Evelyn a Lozada and Chrissy Teigen joined in. The model posted to Twitter today,” “FUUUUUUUCK. A shame. Don’t care how good the beans taste though. Bye bye.”
(Photo Credit: Evelyn Lozada via Instagram)(Photo Credit: Chrissy a Teigen via Twitter)
Check out what other social media users had to say:
Brown babies are locked up in trump prisons. GOYA Food CEO decides to publicly kiss trumps butt. Cancel Culture, do your thing. #BoycottGoyaFoodshttps://t.co/809KTtuxCJ
Virgil Abloh Announces $1 Million Scholarship Fund for Black Creatives
On Thursday, Off-White™ and Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh announced that he’s raised a total of $1 million to support scholarships for Black students.
According to Hypebeast, he raised the money through the Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund, which has been funded by Abloh himself, as well as a number of his creative partners including Louis Vuitton, Evian, New Guards Group (the company behind Off-White™) and Farfetch (which owns New Guard Group). It will provide financial help “for students of academic promise of Black, African-American, or of African descent.” The fund is also in partnership with the long-established Fashion Scholarship Fund.
According to the press release, “The Abloh Fund’s mission is to foster equity and inclusion within the fashion industry by providing scholarships to students of academic promise of Black, African-American, or African descent.” Abloh also released a statement saying, “I’ve always been passionate about giving the next generation of students the same foundation for success that was given to me,” Abloh said in a statement. “That’s why I’m excited to launch this Fund in partnership with the FSF, which has an outstanding track record of helping college students achieve successful careers.”
He also posted on Instagram saying, “I’m putting money, my resources, and my rolodex where my mouth is… just keeping it “Two Virgil’s” or more accurately “That many Virgil’s” in the slideshow above: i’ve started a scholarship fund for black students and raised $1 million so far, pre-announcement with the same manic creative brainstorm that got me here with the support of some of my collaborators and the @fashionscholarshipfund it’s called the Virgil Abloh™ “POST-MODERN” scholarship fund. ~ link in bio for more details. email me there. “ he added, The goal is to make sure i’m not one of the few, but one of many in my industry…”
L.A. Sheriff’s Office & Medical Examiner Rules Hanging Death Of Robert Fuller A Suicide The L.A. Sheriff’s Office and Medical Examiner have ruled the hanging death of Robert Fuller a suicide. On June 10, Fuller was found hanging in Palmdale, CA, with law enforcement initially presuming he’d hung himself, listing zero foul play. Following a … Read more
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